Sanitary fitting



May 20, 1969 P. ANKLIN SANITARY FITTING Sheet Filed July 13, 1966 FIG. 2

I NVEN'T OR PAUL ANKLIN BY K @a% ATTOR IN KY 5 Sheet 4 INVENTOR PAUL. ANKL IN ATTORNEYS y 0, 1969 P. ANKLIN SANITARY FITTING Filed July 13, 19667 r 7 7 W v 4 3 3 I 4 H 5 n G u. H 1 ///HN// F F F f/QNQQ/HWUZZQ r Mi .KW: 4 l i a United States Patent 3,444,565 SANITARY FITTING Paul Anklin,Zwingen, Switzerland, assignor to AG fur Keramische Industrie Laufen,Laufen, Switzerland, a

corporation of Switzerland Filed July 13, 1966, Ser. No. 564,820 Int.Cl. A45c 11/00 US. Cl. 4187 7 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Abuilt-in sanitary fitting having a frame with a horizontal supportingplate. The plate has an opening to receive a sanitary appliance. Theupper part of the sanitary appliance projects through the opening sothat the upper edge of the sanitary appliance is substantially flushwith the upper surface of the supporting plate. A moisture repellantcoating is installed on the supporting plate, at least in the vicinityof the opening, which covers the upper edge of the sanitary appliancewhereby prior to installing the coating the upper surface of theappliance and the frame may be ground level and any deposits of liquidupon said coating may be easily wiped off into the appliance.

This invention relates to a built-in sanitary fitting comprising a framewhich has a horizontal support plate and at least one opening thereinfor the reception of a sanitary appliance.

The term sanitary appliance in the present description includes allapparatus made from ceramics, plastics, enamelled sheet metal and thelike and serving mainly for santiary purposes, such as for examplewashing-up tables, draining boards, washbasins, and combinations ofthese.

Built-in sanitary fittings of the said type are generally known and areused in most households and to some extent in industry. Conventionaldesigns of such fittings, however, have considerable disadvantages.All-metal washing-up tables are unsatisfactory because, in spite oftheir popularity, they cause the housewife a considerable amount of workbecause even small splashes of water are very clearly visible and onlyan all-metal washing-up table which has been well and thoroughly driedleaves behind a clean impression. Moreover washing up in a steel sink isquite noisy and, unless the kitchen wall has good sound insulation, maybe very disturbing. Matching an all-metal washing-up table with thecolour of its surroundings is also impossible.

Ceramic washing-up tables also have their disadvantages. They are quiteheavy and therefore not easy to carry or transport.

Known combinations of built-in parts of steel, ceramics and the likehaving supporting frames of wood or other material are impracticalbecause either they do not have a flat transition zone for drainingwater into the washingup basin or they form difficultly accessiblecorners and cracks in which dirt can readily collect.

These disadvantages are obviated by the present invention by aconstruction in which the upper portion of the sanitary applianceprojects through the opening provided in the supporting plate so thatthe upper edge of the sanitary appliance is substantially flush with thesurface of the supporting plate, and in which the supporting plate, atleast in the vicinity of said opening, has a moisture repellent coatingwhich also covers the upper edge of the sanitary appliance.

The surface of the built-in fitting, which is continually coming intocontact with water and has usually to be washed and dried several timesdaily, is entirely flat and has no projections, indentations or otherobstacles whatever. The sanitary appliance is easily exchanged and (likeice the moisture repellent coating on the supporting plate) may be madein any colour matching the surroundings.

Two embodiments of built-in sanitary fittings in accordance with hteinvention will now be described, by way of example, with reference tothe accompanying drawings, in which FIGURE 1 is a plan of a washing-uptable provided with two sanitary appliances, Le. a washing-up basin anda draining board,

FIGURE 2 is a section on the line IIII of FIG- URE 1,

FIGURE 3 is a plan of a washing-up table provided with one sanitaryappliance, and

FIGURES 4 and 5 are sections on the lines IV-IV and VV, respectively, ofFIGURE 3.

The washing-up table shown in FIGURES land 2 comprises a frame 1 whichin a preferred embodiment is made of wood but may also be made of othermaterial, for example a suitable metal. The frame comprises a horizontalupper supporting plate 2 and four vertical side walls attached to thissupporting plate, forming a flat box open at its bottom and subdividedinto two compartments by a vertical partition 3. The horizontalsupporting plate 2 has two substantially rectangular openings 4 and 5the shape of which corresponds to the outlines of two sanitaryappliances 6 and 7.

The appliance 6 in the present embodiment is a ceramic draining board,and the appliance 7 is a washing up basin.

The draining board 6 and the washing-up basin 7 have supporting rims 6a,7a, respectively, around their entire peripheries, while ledges 4a, 5aadapted in shape and size to the above mentioned supporting rims are cutout from the edges of the openings provided in the supporting plate 2.The supporting rims 6a and 7a and the ledges 4a and 5a of the openingsare so correlated that the upper edges of the draining board and of thewashing-up basin are flush with the horizontal surface of the supportingplate 2 after insertion into the said openings.

The surfaces of the frame which are visible externally are covered witha moisture repellent coating 8 which in the region of the openings 4 and5, extends over the upper edges of the two appliances 6 and 7.

The operation of assembling the washing-up table is very simple. Thejoiner places in the frame 1 the two appliances 6 and 7 adapted in shapeand size to the openings 4 and 5 as described above and bonds or cementsthe points of contact so as to achieve a watertight joint. The roughlycut moisture repellent coating is then pressed on and finally thecoating is accurately adapted to the shape of the supporting plate andthe two openings.

The securing of the sanitary appliances to the frame need not, however,be effected by bonding, but any other type of fixing may be used. In theembodiment shown in FIGURES 3 to 5, fixing by means of wood screws hasbeen chosen.

FIGURE 3 shows a frame 1, again consisting of wood, in which an opening9 has been cut out. A washbasin 10, consisting of ceramic, projects intothis opening from below, a flange 11 projecting radially outward fromthe periphery of the basin. The flange 11 has a shape similar to that ofthe opening 9, but the length of the periphery of the outwardly directedsurface of the flange 11 is greater than the length of the periphery ofthe opening 9, so that the flange abuts upwardly against the portion ofthe frame surrounding the opening (FIGURE 4). The way in which theflange 11 is secured may be seen from FIGURE 5. The flange has a numberof symmetrically distributed holes or outwardly open slots through whichwood screws 12 are passed and are screwed into the wood of the frame 1.In the case of ceramic washbasins, washers 13 of plastics material, forexample nylon, are preferably used with the screws.

Visible surfaces, particularly the top surface of the frame 1, arecovered by a moisture repellent coating 14 which extends in the regionof the opening over the upper edge of the washbasin 10 and thus preventspenetration of moisture and dirt into the gap between the frame and thewashbasin.

The coating 14 preferably consists of a plastics material, for exampleone of the materials sold under the trademarks Formica, Textolite,Argolite, Renowite and Kelco and in this case is bonded with a specialadhesive. Coatings of glass, marble or other material suitable for thepurpose may, however, also be chosen.

The frame I obviously need not always consist of wood, but may be madeof plastics material or any other material suited to the prevailingconditions.

What is claimed is:

1. A built-in sanitary fitting comprising a frame having a horizontalsupporting plate, said plate having an opening, a sanitary appliancemounted in said opening such that the upper part of said sanitaryappliance projects through said opening so that the upper edge of saidsanitary appliance is substantially flush with the upper surface of saidsupporting plate, and a moisture repellant coating on said supportingplate in the vicinity of said opening, and which covers the upper edgeof said sanitary appliance whereby prior to installing said coating theupper surface of said appliance and said frame may be smoothly alignedand any deposits of liquid or dirt upon said coating may be easily wipedoff into said appliance.

2. A built-in sanitary fitting according to claim 1 wherein saidsanitary appliance has a supporting rim around its periphery and a ledgeis cut in the edge of said opening upon which said rim rests.

3. A built-in sanitary fitting according to claim 1 wherein saidsanitary appliance has a radially projecting flange which abuts againstthe underside of the portion of said supporting plate surrounding saidopening.

4. A built-in sanitary fitting according to claim 1 wherein saidsanitary appliance consists of ceramic.

5. A built-in sanitary fitting according toclaim. 1 wherein saidmoisture repellent coating consists of plastics material.

'6. A built-in sanitary fitting according to claim 1 wherein saidsanitary appliance is bonded to said supporting plate.

7. A built-in sanitary fitting according to claim 1 wherein saidsanitary appliance is screwed onto said supporting plate.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 561,025 5/1896 Parrish 41 6'73,314,082 4/1967 Minella 4-187 X FOREIGN PATENTS 1,212,667 3/1960France.

805,299 5/1951 Germany.

PATRICK D. LAWSON, Primary Examiner.

